def get_encrypted_msg(): with open("../txt/EulerProblem059.txt", "r") as f: msg = [int(d) for d in f.read().split(',')] return msg def get_words(): with open("../txt/EulerProblem042.txt", "r") as f: words = [w.strip('"') for w in f.read().split(",")] return set(words) def generate_keys(): alphabet = list(map(chr, range(97, 123))) return [(ord(a), ord(b), ord(c)) for a in alphabet for b in alphabet for c in alphabet] def to_string(msg): return "".join(map(chr, msg)) def to_ascii(msg): return list(map(ord, msg)) def decrypt_msg(key, msg): return [d ^ key[i % len(key)] for i, d in enumerate(msg)] def clean_word(word): return word.strip('').strip(",").strip(".").strip("!").strip("?").upper() def test_key(key, msg, word_list): msg = to_string(decrypt_msg(key, msg)) word_count = 0 words = msg.split(" ") for word in words: if clean_word(word) in word_list: word_count += 1 return word_count / len(words) def euler_059(): msg = get_encrypted_msg() word_list = get_words() keys = generate_keys() ss = [(test_key(key, msg, word_list), key) for key in keys] s = sorted(ss, reverse=True)[0] key = s[1] s = sum(decrypt_msg(key, msg)) return s if __name__ == "__main__": print("e059.py: " + str(euler_059())) assert(euler_059() == 107359)